Remember in grade school when every couple of weeks class would end 30 minutes early because it was someone’s birthday? The whole class would sing, eat cupcakes and goof around? It was usually the best part of the day. If only our teachers could have turned that excitement of celebrating into a lesson of some sort. That’s one reason studying other cultures with your kids is so fun - celebrating is part of the learning! Holidays are built into the fabric of a culture and its history. Bang on pots and pans while dressed in all red to ring in